Creating an Instrument to Measure People’s Perception of Community Capacity in American Indian Communities

Oetzel, John; Wallerstein, Nina; Solimon, Audrey; Garcia, B. R. Mellado; Siemon, Mark; Adeky, Sarah; Apachito, Gracie; Caston, Elissa; Finster, Carolyn; Belone, Lorenda; Tafoya, Greg

doi:10.1177/1090198110379571

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“…In support of this perspective, although not specific to IRSs, elders attributed their community’s high rates of alcoholism and child maltreatment to historically traumatic events (Whitbeck, Adams, et al., 2004). As well, levels of historical loss were associated with responses to a newly developed measure of community capacity, and to measures of social capital and “community influence” among members of two southwest American Indian tribes ( Oetzel et al., 2011 ). This may suggest that communities less affected by IRS or other historical traumas may have a greater capacity to achieve self-government, as well as local control over child welfare, health, education, and policing services.…”

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The intergenerational effects of Indian Residential Schools: Implications for the concept of historical trauma

Bombay

Matheson

Anisman

2013

Transcult Psychiatry

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The current paper reviews research that has explored the intergenerational effects of the Indian Residential School (IRS) system in Canada, in which Aboriginal children were forced to live at schools where various forms of neglect and abuse were common. Intergenerational IRS trauma continues to undermine the well-being of today’s Aboriginal population, and having a familial history of IRS attendance has also been linked with more frequent contemporary stressor experiences and relatively greater effects of stressors on well-being. It is also suggested that familial IRS attendance across several generations within a family appears to have cumulative effects. Together, these findings provide empirical support for the concept of historical trauma, which takes the perspective that the consequences of numerous and sustained attacks against a group may accumulate over generations and interact with proximal stressors to undermine collective well-being. As much as historical trauma might be linked to pathology, it is not possible to go back in time to assess how previous traumas endured by Aboriginal peoples might be related to subsequent responses to IRS trauma. Nonetheless, the currently available research demonstrating the intergenerational effects of IRSs provides support for the enduring negative consequences of these experiences and the role of historical trauma in contributing to present day disparities in well-being.

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The intergenerational effects of Indian Residential Schools: Implications for the concept of historical trauma

Bombay

Matheson

Anisman

2013

Transcult Psychiatry

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335

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“…We identified community leadership as a key capacity dimension, including leadership directives, community participation, and the social-political climate. Others have shown that leadership is a critical element of community capacity and competence (Baezconde-Garbanati et al, 2007; Bopp, GermAnn, Bopp, Baugh Littlejohns, & Smith, 2000; Chaskin, 2001; Goodman et al, 1998; Laverack, 1999; Maclellan-Wright et al, 2007; Oetzel et al, 2011). Labonte and Laverack (2001) also suggest capacity-building efforts for community participation and leadership in the form of organizing events based around local interest for community members, and working with elected and informal leaders.…”

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“…This dimension includes a community’s understanding of its actual needs and values. Other reports use the dimension “sense of community” to convey a community’s understanding of, and investment in, itself (Baezconde-Garbanati et al, 2007; Bopp et al, 2000; Maclellan-Wright et al, 2007; Oetzel et al, 2011). These two dimensions are areas where funding agencies could increase their capacity for partnering with AI communities by supporting local efforts to increase community participation in the application process and beyond, and by encouraging communities to apply for funding opportunities that are directly related to community need and/or consistent with community values.…”

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“…Studies defining dimensions of AI community capacity are few. Oetzel et al (2011) identified dimensions of youth, elders, sense of community, culture, and communication across two tribal nations in the Southwest United States. Baezconde-Garbanati, Beebe, and Perez-Stable (2007) described capacity dimensions for an Oklahoma tribal community as sense of community, leadership, and community collaboration.…”

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Building Capacity to Increase Health Promotion Funding to American Indian Communities

Pedersen

Held

Brown

2016

Health Promotion Practice

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Foundations and government agencies have historically played a critical role in supporting community-based health promotion programs. Increased access to health promotion funding may help address significant health issues existing within American Indian (AI) communities, such as childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Understanding the capacity of AI communities to successfully apply for and receive funding may serve to increase resources for health promotion efforts within AI communities in Montana. This exploratory qualitative study completed 17 semistructured interviews across three AI reservations in the state of Montana. Dimensions of community capacity within the context of the funding application process and partnership with funding agencies were identified, including resources, leadership, community need, networks, and relationship with the funding agency. Dimensions of AI community capacity were then used to suggest capacity-building strategies for improved partnership between AI communities in Montana and the funding agencies.

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“…According to Goodman et al [32], this theory offers a framework for understanding patterns for community building [32], and is comprised of the following dimensions: citizen participation, community power, community values, critical reflection, leadership, resources, sense of community, skills, social/organizational networks, and understanding community history. This theory has been applied to partnership development [36,[40][41][42][43][44], program evaluation [45][46][47][48][49][50][51], and community organizing and policy advocacy [52,53]. In many ways, building community capacity is the "bottom-up" strategy of strengthening and developing skills, redistributing power, and increasing control over resources and decision making.…”

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A Scoping Review of Capacity-Building Efforts to Address Environmental Justice Concerns

Williamson

Hunter

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Environmental justice (EJ) efforts aimed at capacity building are essential to addressing environmental health disparities; however, limited attention has been given to describing these efforts. This study reports findings from a scoping review of community–academic partnerships and community-led efforts to address environmental inequities related to air, water, and land pollution in the United States. Literature published in peer-reviewed journals from January 1986 through March 2018 were included, and community capacity theory was applied as a framework for understanding the scope of capacity-building and community change strategies to address EJ concerns. Paired teams of independent analysts conducted a search for relevant articles (n = 8452 citations identified), filtered records for content abstraction and possible inclusion (n = 163) and characterized selected studies (n = 58). Most articles implemented activities that were aligned with community capacity dimensions of citizen participation (96.4%, n = 53), community power (78%, n = 45), leadership (78%, n = 45), and networks (81%, n = 47); few articles identified a direct policy change (22%, n = 13), and many articles discussed the policy implications of findings for future work (62%, n = 36). This review synthesizes three decades of efforts to reduce environmental inequities and identifies strategic approaches used for strengthening community capacity.

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Creating an Instrument to Measure People’s Perception of Community Capacity in American Indian Communities

Cited by 16 publications

References 24 publications

The intergenerational effects of Indian Residential Schools: Implications for the concept of historical trauma

The intergenerational effects of Indian Residential Schools: Implications for the concept of historical trauma

Building Capacity to Increase Health Promotion Funding to American Indian Communities

A Scoping Review of Capacity-Building Efforts to Address Environmental Justice Concerns

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